Queen of the Damned

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Queen of the Damned

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Released Feb 22, 2002

1h 41m

Horror

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Follows the legendary vampire Lestat (Stuart Townsend), who has reinvented himself as a rock star in the contemporary American music scene. His music wakes Akasha (Aaliyah), the queen of all vampires, and inspires her desire to make Lestat her king. Akasha's malevolent power is so great that all the immortal vampires must stand against her if they want to survive. Meanwhile, a young London woman with a fascination for the dark side (Marguerite Moreau) falls in love with Lestat.

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Critics Consensus

A muddled and campy MTV-styled vampire movie with lots of eye candy and bad accents.

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Lisa Alspector

Chicago Reader

Michael Rymer stages high-tech sequences combining gore, romance, and gothy music, and he has enough conviction to make what could have been very silly strangely provocative.

Oct 20, 2009

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Scott Foundas

Variety

It isn't great entertainment or camp, but pic sets its ambitions so low, it can't help partially delivering on them.

Sep 15, 2008

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Peter Travers

Rolling Stone

The film is vampire roadkill.

Rated: 1/4

Aug 14, 2007

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Cassondra Feltus

Black Girl Nerds

'Queen of the Damned' is considered a bad adaptation, over-the-top silly, and just a poorly structured film in general. All are true. However, many, myself included, see it more as a disasterpiece, a guilty pleasure, a piece of 2000s nu metal nostalgia.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 25, 2022

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Pat Stacey

The Herald (Ireland)

The result is a film that's as camp as Butlins but nowhere near as much fun and full of awful performances and silly dialogue

Oct 17, 2017

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Steve Newton

Georgia Straight

It's mainly an excuse for director Michael Rymer to unleash his arsenal of flashy, MTV-type visuals and Moulin Rouge costume designer Angus Strathie to play dress-up.

Rated: 1.5/5

Feb 8, 2014

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Joey B

If I could score this a ZERO, I would. The only thing even close to the source material were the characters names and that Lestat was a rockstar. The best thing about this movie was the sound track, and that doesn't even begin to save it. Terrible acting. Terrible screenplay adaption. This could have ressurected the film adaptation of The Vampire Chronicles and made an incredible film franchise, but it was just bad. I havent watched it since opening day in 2003 and wish I could forget it entirely.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

04/06/25

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Patricia H

One of my favorite vampire movies of all time

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/17/25

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William b

Loved it 22 years ago, soundtrack is my favourite, if you were born after 2000 don't bother leaving your bullshit ratings, this movie wasn't made for you.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/27/25

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Harry T

If I could give this no stars, I would.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

11/04/24

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Bria G

It's a pretty enjoyable movie if you just clear your head when you think about the fact that this is a follow-up to Interview with the Vampire, and that its changed/left out a lot of the original story written by Anne Rice. It's definitely one of those things where the book is better, SO MUCH BETTER than the movie. And I will admit that I hate how they watered down such a rich and interesting story. So, this would be a 4-star rating with all of that considered, but this movie is so nostalgic for me and I love the soundtrack so much that I have to give it that last star. While Queen of the Damned isn't the best movie, it stayed with me since the first time I watched it well over a decade ago.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/30/24

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Julian S

With its lifeless tone, subpar visual effects, and mediocre metal score, “Queen of the Damned” fails to match its predecessor, “Interview With the Vampire.” However, fans of Anne Rice’s books may appreciate Townsend’s performance, as he effectively captures Lestat’s egocentric essence.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

10/05/24

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Synopsis

Follows the legendary vampire Lestat (Stuart Townsend), who has reinvented himself as a rock star in the contemporary American music scene. His music wakes Akasha (Aaliyah), the queen of all vampires, and inspires her desire to make Lestat her king. Akasha's malevolent power is so great that all the immortal vampires must stand against her if they want to survive. Meanwhile, a young London woman with a fascination for the dark side (Marguerite Moreau) falls in love with Lestat.

Director: Michael Rymer
Producer: Jorge Saralegui
Screenwriter: Anne Rice, Scott Abbott, Michael Petroni
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Warner Bros.
Rating: R (Vampire Violence)
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 22, 2002, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 17, 2009
Box Office (Gross USA): $30.3M
Runtime: 1h 41m
Sound Mix: Dolby Stereo, Dolby Digital, Dolby A, Surround, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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